Nydia Velázquez

While the small business economy has made tremendous progress toward recovery over the past 17 months, we are entering another precarious state with the spread of the Delta variant.

Can you explain how some corporate landlords are moving to evict tenants in a racially disparate manner?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. Yentel, a New York Times article found that New York City landlords are filing evictions 3.6 times faster in zip codes hardest hit by COVID.

How can we help ensure that Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) survivors can gain access to checking and saving accounts?

one in four women and one in two trans individuals in the U.S. has been subject to severe physical violence by an intimate partner.

It is clear that Democrats would rather talk about anything but the rental assistance program and resolving old rental debts.

We must make housing a top priority.

This is government at its worst.

We passed the Heroes Act in June, and again in October.

This money was specifically intended to retire old rent debts and end the threat of eviction for millions who fell behind during the pandemic.

I recall distinctly a few years back, when facial recognition software falsely identified my late Congressional Black Caucus colleague, John Lewis, as a criminal.

I support this Executive Order, considering the impact that bank [inaudible] can have on communities of color.

To be clear, we will not have a full recovery without closing this gap.

recently, I introduced the Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Act of 2021, which directs the CDC to fund grants to local health departments and nonprofit organizations to conduct outreach to combat vaccine hesitancy, especially in…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing, important to the communities that I represent, communities of color and underserved communities.

Thank you, Congressman Case for everything that you have shared with us and for taking time out of your busy schedule to be here advocating on behalf of small businesses.

the private system is failing us, and Demos has proposed a public credit registry.

The Restaurant Revitalization Fund was finally enacted as part of the American Rescue Plan and it provided $28.6 billion for restaurants, bars, and caterers.

I encourage you to work with my staff and our Republican colleagues because working on behalf of small businesses is a bipartisan issue.

Congress must ensure that our small businesses are fully included in this once in a generation investment.

It is critical that this Committee quickly come together to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.

I introduced the RESTAURANTS Act in June 2020 and worked with both Republican and Democratic colleagues to build a coalition of support for the $120 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund contained in the legislation.

We should honor our commitment to these small businesses and look to pass my colleague, Congressman Blumenauer's Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act of which I am a co-sponsor.

the credit reporting system is broken, and it is biased, and it needs fundamental reform.

While approximately 100,000 restaurants, bars, and caterers have received $27.5 billion in funding, there are hundreds of thousands of restaurants and millions of employees whose future hinges on this Committee's ability to replenish the…